Randy's Sunday

We had another good day today. We slept in a bit too much this morning and ended up missing church, but it felt great to get sleep.

Randy spent most of the day working on drying more fruit. He took a break so that we could go to the store to get the final things for Cass's birthday party. Her original part was scheduled for the Saturday after Randy's accident. We are throwing her a late birthday party to make up for it. So today we planned the party (our original party was to be outside, but I think it is suppose to rain next Saturday so we had to re-plan some of the games) and got the finishing items needed. Cass is so excited.

We also went to the library today. I got the book "Fighting for David" by Leone Nunley. It is the story of what she went through when her son was in a motorcycle accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I have had to put the book down a couple of time because it brings back some of the emotions that I felt those first few days, when we didn't know if Randy was going to make it.

I also talked to Mrs Merrill, the wife of the man that Randy shared a room with during his first week on 3 West of Harborview. Her husand is currently in a nursing home but she is hoping that he can improve enough that she can get him into rehab at Good Sam. They need a lot of prayer. He was doing so well while Randy was still in his coma and then he began having issues with fluid on the brain and he experienced a fall and had to have a second surgery. He is now not even able to walk, but the doctors speculate that it is probably due to the fluid on the brain. They are talking of putting a shunt in to take care of that. Mrs Merrill doesn't have family around here and is dealing with a lot of this on her own. She calls me when she needs support and to talk to someone who has been there. I feel very fortunate that Randy has had an amazing recovery process and I have been blessed to have a great support system that includes Randy' mom who has given up the comforts of her life and moved into our crazy house, and I have had a lot of support from old friend and new friends and Randy's coworkers. For those praying for Randy, please say a prayer for Mr and Mrs Merrill as well.